ALLEN & HEATH XB-14 User Manual

Allen & Heath 29 XB-14 User Guide
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If the volume is not fully up
like this…...
USB Audio Interface
The XB-14 is equipped with a stereo bi-directional USB 1.1 compliant audio CODEC. It is fully compliant with USB 2
ports and uses standard Windows and MAC Core Audio Drivers. In other words, plug it in and your computer will find it
and be able to transfer audio to and from the XB-14 USB device.
You will need some form of audio software running on your computer to be able to record and play back what you re-
cord, but on a basic level, you can use your computers media player to play straight to the XB-14 device.
Just a couple of points to look out for:
1. When you plug in your XB-14 USB interface to your Windows computer, check the device volume in:
Control Panel\Sounds & Audio Devices\Volume
Then drag it fully up
like this…...
Then click Apply
2. By default Windows will use its WDM driver for the data stream from the USB audio device. There are other driv-
ers available from third party companies like ASIO4ALL (www.asio4all.com) who supply ASIO drivers for WDM audio
which is free to end users.

ALLEN & HEATH XB-14 Specifications

Operating Levels

Mono channel Mic input range	+6 to –63dBu
Mono channel Line input range	+10 to –26dBu
Insert point nominal level	0dBu
Stereo input nominal level	0dBu
Telco channel input range	+10 to –26dBu
External monitor inputs nominal level	0dBu

Output Levels

PGM L & R outputs nominal level	+4dBu
PGM Mono output nominal level	0dBu
PGM L & R inserts nominal level	-2dBu
Aux output nominal level	0dBu
Mix B outputs nominal level	0dBu
Rec outputs nominal level	0dBu

Audio Performance

THD+n Mic in to PGM L/R Out	0.003%
THD+n Mic in to PGM Out	0.007%
THD+n Line in to PGM L/R out	0.004%
THD+n Stereo in to PGM out	0.003%
Noise Mic Pre EIN	-127dBu
Noise PGM out	-92dBu

Frequency Response

Mic in to PGM L/R Out	20Hz to 20kHz
Line in to PGM L/R out	10Hz to 30kHz
Stereo in to PGM L/R out	10Hz to 30kHz

Headroom

Analogue Headroom Outputs	21dB
USB in & out headroom	14dB
Analogue Headroom Mix point	24dB

Crosstalk & Attenuation

Mono fader attenuation 1kHz/10kHz	-99/-90
Mono ON switch attenuation 1kHz/10kHz	-96/-80
TELCO fader attenuation 1kHz/10kHz	-99/-92
TELCO ON switch attenuation 1kHz/10kHz	-102/-100
Stereo fader attenuation 1kHz/10kHz	-100/-91
Stereo ON switch attenuation 1kHz/10kHz	-102/-102